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Where is the Jewish Independent located?

The Jewish Independent is located on 2nd Avenue in Vancouver, just a couple of blocks east of Main Street. Our address is:

291 East 2nd Ave., Suite 200,
Vancouver, B.C.,
V5T 1B8.

When is the paper published?

The newspaper is published weekly 49 weeks of the year. There are two weeks in the middle of the summer and one week during the winter holiday season that we do not publish.

Where can I pick up a copy of the paper?

The Independent has several depots from which you can purchase a copy of the paper for $1.25. You can drop in to our office or you can pick up a copy at any of the following locations in the Lower Mainland:

Burnaby Public Library (7252 Kingsway)
Burnaby Public Library, Main Branch (6100 Willingdon)
Burquest Community Centre (2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam)
Chapters bookstore (Broadway & Granville)
Cosmo Bakery (#106-358 East Kent Ave. South)
Garden City Bakery (9100 Blundell Rd, Richmond)
Guildford Public Library (15105 105th Ave., Surrey)
Har El Synagogue (1305 Taylor Way, West Vancouver)
Hillel House UBC (6145 Student Union Blvd.)
Hillel House SFU (#118 Cornerstone Bldg, 8960 University High St., Burnaby)
JCC Pro Shop (Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, 950 West 41st)
Joe Fortes Library (870 Denman St.)
Kaplan's Deli (5775 Oak St.)
Kaplan's Downtown (1059 Alberni St.)
Kosher Food Warehouse (rear entrance, 612 Kingsway)
Marks Pharmacy (3750 Oak St.)
Marpole Library (8386 Granville St.)
MOSAIC (2nd floor, 1720 Grant St.)
New Westminster Public Library (716 6th Ave.)
Omnitsky's Deli (5866 Cambie St.)
Peretz Centre (6184 Ash St.)
Pharmasave (5791 Oak St.)
PHAT Deli (1055 Mainland St.)
Pini's Kosher Pizzeria (729 West 16th Ave.)
Richmond Public Library (#100-7700 Minoru Gate)
Sabra Bakery (3844 Oak St.)
Solly's - Broadway (2873 West Broadway)
Solly's - Central (7th & Yukon, Vancouver)
Solly's - Main (189 East 28th St.)
Temple Sholom Gift Shop (7190 Oak)

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How do I get my news into the paper?

Since we don't have a large enough staff to have eyes and ears in every part of the community at all times, we suggest you either send us a fax at 604-689-1525 about your news/event, give us a call at 604-689-1520 or e-mail us at editor@jewishindependent.ca. Make sure you provide us with all of the important information (organizer, date/time/location/contact number for the public), particularly the relevance of the event to the Jewish community. If you send us a fax, follow it up with a phone call. We get dozens of press releases each day and following up is always useful. It lets us know that the news/event is important to you.

If I send in a press release am I guaranteed an article?

Unfortunately, we are limited in how much space we have for editorial content each week because the size of the paper is limited. Sometimes special sections or more local community events means a bit less space for certain articles. This means that we are often left making difficult decisions about what will be published and when. We cannot guarantee that anyone's news or event will be published.

When should I write a letter to the editor?

Any time you have an opinion about an article, editorial, column or you if just have some thoughts on an issue of importance to the Jewish community, write to us. We encourage all of our readers to express their thoughts and opinions with a letter to the editor, as long as they are appropriate for a family publication. Once you send us a letter, we will contact the writer to ensure the letter is genuine and is for the purpose of publishing, not just sent for general information. Letters are edited for clarity and sometimes for length. We try to publish every letter submitted to us.

How do I purchase an ad in the Independent?

There are two types of ads you can purchase: For display advertising, call the main number, 604-689-1520, and ask for Leanne, or e-mail sales@jewishindependent.ca. Purchasing display advertising in the newspaper may also entitle you to advertising space on the Independent's Web site. Ask Leanne for more details. For classified advertising, ask for Steve, or e-mail sfreedman@jewishindependent.ca.

How do I send a camera ready ad to the Independent?

All ad material is due at the Independent by the Monday preceding the ad's publication date, unless it is for a special issue (see editorial and ad deadlines below). We we work on Macintosh computers and can receive the material on a CD or by e-mail. If sending by e-mail, put it to the attention of your Independent sales contact and include your company name in the e-mail subject line, then send to sales@jewishindependent.ca. Include all fonts, pictures, logos/scans with your ad; make sure the ad is designed to the correct size; 85 line screen. The ad can be designed in QuarkXPress 3.31 or 4.0; Illustrator 7.0 or 9.0; Photoshop 5.5 or 6.0 (saved in psd, tiff, pict or jpeg formats); and Adobe Acrobat pdf. Color ads must already be color separated.

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What are the editorial and ad deadlines? For 2008, they are:

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